Coin-controlled machine



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W. REEVES. COIN CONTROLLED MAGHINE.

No. 526,539. PatentedSept. 25,1894.

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W. REEVES. com CONTROLLED MACHINE.

No. 526,539. PatentedSept.25,1894.

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No. 526,539. Patented Sept. 25, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM REEVES, OF NEWV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COIN-CONTROLLED MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 526,539, datedSeptember 25, 1 894. Application filed August 22, 1893. Renewed June 141894. Serial No. 514.613- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM REEVES, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement inCoin-Controlled Machines; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawings and the figures ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of the machine; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig.3, an enlarged front view with the front of the cas- :ing removed; Fig.4, a side View with the side of the casing removed; Fig. 5, a Verticalsection without the casing; Fig. 6, a detail view of the clockmechanism, and one of the band wheels; Fig. 7, a section of oneof theframes of the belt.

My invention relates tocoin-controlled apparatus, it being especiallydesigned for the exhibition of pictures. Its object is to show thepictures (transparencies, by transmitted light, thereby giving adistinctn ess and realism to them far exceeding those shown in theordinary method, that is by light received on the front surface.

For this purpose my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter fully describedand then particularized in the claims.

The casing comprises a front 1, back 2, sides 3, 4, and top and bottom5, 6. A stereoscope 7 is set in the front 1, and is provided with usuallenses 8, through which the pictures are viewed. A slot 9 in the front1, forms the mouth of the coin-chute or way 10, which extends downwardlytherefrom, and is fixed to the inner side of the front. The side 3 has aglazed window 11, through which light is admitted to the interior ofthecasing, a glazed observation orifice 12, through which the coin isviewed,.and which is located above the money box or drawer at the lowerend of the coin-chute, and a door 13, by which access may be had to thelatter by any authorized person. i

The casing having been described, I will now describe the internalworking parts of the apparatus.

Vertical skeleton supports 14, 15 and bracket 17, all secured to thebottom 6, support the working parts of the apparatus. A pair of tie-bars16, 16 at top, and a bar 17 midway, connect the supports 14: together,and the whole forms a frame.

On a shaft 18 at the top of p. the frame, is fixed a pair of polygonalwheels 19, 20, hexagonal in this instance, said shaft being journaled inbearings 21, that are adjustable ver' tically by means of nuts 22, whichtake onto screw-threaded projections 23 of said bearings projectingthrough a vertical slot 24 in each support.

A shaft 25 journaled in bearings near the bottom of the frame, carrieswheels 26, 27 similar to wheels 19, 20. Around these wheels 19, 20, 26,27 passes an endless band or belt, composed of flat rectangular metallicsections 28, which are open and connected to each other by rings 29. Theends of the sections 28 are provided with parallel flanges 30, thatconstitute guides extending transversely of the band or belt, to receivethe transparent pictures, such as 31. When the pictures are inserted,one end of each abuts against a stop 32 oneach section.

Pivoted buttons 33 on the outer sides of the wheels, are adapted toproject beyond the peripheries thereof, and hold the endless band inposition, so that it will not slip off. The front lap of the endlessband passes close to the rear of the stereoscope 7, and to one side ofand between the front and the rear laps of said band is located thelight aperture or window that throws light onto the reflector 3 1,arranged diagonally of the space between the laps, so as tothrow ordeflect the light through the picture just behind the stereoscope.

Below the upper pair of wheels 19, 20, is journaled in the uppersupports 14:, 15, main winding-shaft 35, which carries a large groovedclockwinding-wheel 36, and a smaller grooved winding-wheel 37, bothfixed thereon close together near the side 4 of the casing. A springmetal strip 36 secured to support 15, has frictional contact with wheel36, to brake its movement. A sliding clutch 38, on shaft 35,

has projections 39, which take into notchesin the head 40, on saidshaft, and carries a pinion 41, which is adapted to be brought into thecrank-shaft43,havingbearing-in the sup,-

y it is fastened. Said weight is providedat port 15, and'projecting outthrough the side 4, where it carries a crank handle 44. p

The upper end of a cord 45, passes around the clock Windingwheel 37,while its lower end passes around a second grooved clockwinding wheel46, fast on shaft 47, which is journaled in the supports 14, 15 belowshaft 35. Ordinary clock mechanism 48, which will not be described indetail, is operated by shaft" 47, and has a wheel 49, provided with aside trip-pin 50, which is adapted to engage. a trigger 51, projectingfrom oscillating shaft 52, journaled in bearings below shaft 47. Fixedto and projecting radially from shaft 52 is a catcher hook 53, which ispressed normally downward by means of atorsion spring54, coiled-aroundand secured at one end to the shaft, and its free end 73extending-upward into contact with a stop 74. .A circulariseri-es ofstop-pins 55, project laterally'from thein ner side 'of lower band-wheel26, and arenormally engaged by the hooked end of'catch 53. i

' Over grooved weight elevating wheel 56, fixed on shaft 47 next towheel 46, passes one -end of a cord 57, the other end of which passes uptoward the front of the :machine,

and over a pulley 58, located on tie-rod 16.1 Thence the cord 57 passesdown under the pulley 59 of the'clock operating weight 6O,

and up to the top of support 15 "again,wh-ere each side with eyes orperforations 61, through which pass the :guide rods 62, 62,-extending;.

from the topto the bottomof support .15. A

:cord63passes-at its upper end around groovedwheel 37, and at its lowerend-around the largerof two groovedwheels64, 65, which are fixedtogether, andfreely' turn in one direction on the lowershaft-25 of theendlessband.

, The lower end of a cord 66 passes-aroundthe' smaller grooved wheel65,;up over ;a:;p.ulley- 67, turning ontie-rod '16", thencedown underpulley 68,1011 band-operating weight 69, and I then up to the top ofsupport 15, *where; it is fastened. The weight 69 slides on parallel-rods 69,similar to rods '62. To cause the movement.

shaft 25 to turn when the wheels '64," 65. are revolved in onedirection,ra ratchet-wheelZO is secured to said'shaft, andaspring-actuated pawl 71 to wheel 64, whichpawl isadapted to I engagesaidratchet-wheel.

On the; same shaft 52 which carries ,the catch or hook 53 is pivoted agravitatingdetent 72, which projects oppositely to said catch, and isnormallyheld imposition by the saidspr-in g 54, which limits itsdownward 55 pass under'and raise the detent when the band is being movedforward.

Athrow'off lever 76 operated by pulley-rod 7 7,;is pivoted to support14,+and;ha-s La hookediend 78,

adapted to engage thetriggerfilof thecatch x53, and throw the latterup,iso asto permit This detent prevents the*back-' the bandand itscarrying wheels to bemoved freely forward,when said operating rod 77 iselevated. p l I A coin-actuated lever 78 projects at its front end intothe second chute 10, in which the coin drops and is pivoted to the bar17 at 78*. The front end of the lever 78 is normally elevated by aspring79, secured to its rear end,and to bracket 17. The rear end of saidlever has a detent 80, under which is adapted to engage a hook S1,projecting downwardly from an arm 82 on rock-shaft 83, which isjournaled in bearings 84, fixed to support If. The inwardly projectingarm 82 of said shaft, tends to turn it downwardly in its bearings, byreason of its weight, but itjis held in its upward position when thehook Slengages under detent80. The outer end of the arm '82 is connectedby means of a'spring 85,with a slide 86, that is loose on the inner oneof theguide-rods 62.

A bifurcated clutch-arm" 87, projects from the-rock-shaft 82,-andengages and operates the sliding clutch 38. The lower end of alongitudinally movable rod 88 is provided withan eye or collar 89, whichreceives the inner guide-rod 62, and is located just above slide 86. Theupper end of this rod 88 is pivoted to the rock-arm 90on one end of arock-shaft 91, which is journaled in bearings 92 on top of support 15,and is provided at its other end with another rock-arm 93. Agravitatin'g pawl 94 pivotedat 95, to support 15, is connected withrock-arm 93, bya link 96, and is normally held out of engagement withthe pinion 41 on'crank-shaft43.

A bell 97, is adapted to be struck by a pivoted hammer '98,- when thepivoted lever end, to engage and pass the arm 101, thereby throwingsaidhammer up and permitting it to fall on and sound the bell.The:rear.end

of the lever99, bears a weight 102, for throwing the trip past thehammer 98, ready for another operation, which iseffected by a rod 103,attached to lever 99,and provided -withian eye or collar .104, at itslower end, i

that is received on inner rod 7 62, just above theeye or collar 89.

Journaled inbearings above the bot- 8 .tom 6, isla rock-shaft 106,having an outwardly and upwardly extending 'L-shaped .arm 107,theuppervendof which is bent out-' wardly,-so-as to permit the weight .60close toitto pass downwardly.

:Shaft 106 bears a catch 108,whichis.adapted .toengage behind 2. lug109, projecting from .oneside of :the endless band, which engagement :isefiected by-a torsion-spring 106 coiled :around shaft 106. In the chute10 behind observation orifice 12,is-a hole 1.10,

through whichgprojects theflstop or hooked end 1110f hook-shaped detent112,extending up from a hinge-rod 113,, journaled in bearings 114. Anoperating arm 115 projects,

fromhinge-rod 113,andsispivotallyconnected with one end of a link 1116,the other endof I 5 .99 causes its pivoted trip 100,.at the forwardwhich is in turn pivotally connected with the upper end of an arm 117,projecting upwardly from a pin 118, on bracket 17, on which pin the arm117 is pivoted. A rod 119 is also pivoted on pin 118, andprojects towardthe guide-rods 62, so as to be actuated by the trip-pin 120 of weight60, when the latter moves up or down on said guide-rods. The rear end ofthe pivoted rod 119 has a lateral projection 121, provided with a sidefinger 122, which normally engages the pivoted arm 117.

As the cord 63 becomes alternately slack and taut during the operationof the apparatus, I provide a take-up for the slack, GOD. sisting of acord 123, having a weight 124 at its lower end, and a ring or eye 124 atits upper end, said cord 123 being guided overa pulley 125 at the backof the casing. The cord 63 passes through ring or eye 124*.

When one desires to examine the pictures on exhibition, he shoves a coininto the orifice or mouth 9 of the chute, whereupon such coin fallsandtcomes in contact with the projecting end of lever 78 depressingit,and throwing the detent 80 out of engagement with the hook 81. It thencomes to a stand on the movable stop 111, and can be seen through theobservation orifice 12. Immediately the detent 80 and book 81 aredisengaged, shaft 83 is permitted to rock downwardly, thus causing itsclutch-arm 87 to throw the clutch 38 into engagement with the head 40 ofshaft 35, and bringing the teeth of pinion 41 in engagement with theteeth of pinion 42. The same movement of the rock-shaft 83 permits theweight of the rod 88 and the arms 90, 93 to rock the shaft 91downwardly, and bring the pawl 94 into engagement with the pinion 41.Before these engagements of parts were effected the crank 44 could beturned in either direction without operating any of the parts. Now, thecrank is turned in the direction permitted, thus winding the cord 45 offthe grooved clock-winding wheel 46, and onto its other wheel 36. Thismovement winds the cord 57 upon the grooved wheel 56, on clock windingshaft 47, and elevates the weight 60, and, at the same time, unwindscord 63 off the grooved wheel 64, loose on shaft 25, onto the wheel 37fixed on shaft 35,thus winding cord 66 upon wheel 65, secured to wheel64, and elevating the weight 69. The wheels 64 and 65 as now turned, donot revolve band-operating shaft 25, for the pawl 71 simply rides overthe teeth of ratchet 70, without taking into them.

As soon as the weight 60 comes in contact with slide 86, it moves it upand raises the arm 82 of shaft 83, thus causing the clutch to bedisengaged from head 40, and again bringing the book 81 into engagementwith the detent 80, ready to be disengaged by another coin. The alarm isat the same time sounded, and the pawl 94 disengaged from pinion 41.Pinions 41 and 42 being now disengaged, a person can behold the variouspictures through the stereoscope 7, as the weight 69 will turn theendless hand through the medium of wheel 65, and the weight 60 willoperate the clock mechanism 48, through the medium of wheel 56. Apicture will pause before the observer during each revolution of thewheel 49 of the clock mechanism, and each time the trip-pin comesagainst the trigger 51, the catch 53 is released from one stop-pin onband-wheel 26, and the endless band permitted to move and shift thepictures until the next pin 55 is engaged by catch 53, and

so on.

Just as the weight is reaching its lowermost position, it strikes theL-shaped arm 107, and brings the catch 108 against the lug 109 of theendless band, and prevents its fur' ther movement. The trip -pin 120 ofsaid weight 60, also strikes the pivoted rod 119, causing the finger 122to engage pivoted arm 117 and operate the detent 112 so as to withdrawthe stop or hooked end 111 thereof from under the coin thereon, andpermit it to. fall into a money receptacle.

When the apparatus has run down,it is ready to be again wound up, which,however, cannot be done until another coin is de posited.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is p 1. In acoin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a coinactuated lever, mainwinding shaft, a clutch adapted to connect with said shaft, acrank-operated pinion, a movable pinion controlled by saidclutch,whereby said pinions are adapted to be brought into engagement,and mechanism released by the fall of a coin on said lever, whereby theclutch is operated to connect with said shaft, substantially as setforth. i

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus,the combination of a coin actuatedlever, main-winding shaft, a clutch adapted to connect with said shaft,a crank operated pinion, a pinion carried by said clutch to bring itinto engagement with the first mentioned pinion, and mechanism providedwith an arm for operating said clutch, said mechanism having separableconnection with said lever, substantially as set forth.

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a coin-actuatedlever, a mainwinding shaft, a movable pinion on said shaft, adapted tobe connected therewith, mechanism controlled by said lever for movingthe pinion, and a crank-operated pinion with which said movable pinionmay interinesh, whereby the shaft is permitted to be wound only when acoin is deposited, substantially as set forth.

4. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination with a main-windingshaft, clock mechanism and its operating weight, of a coin-actuatedlever, mechanismreleased by the fall of a coin on said lever, to permitsaid shaft to be wound, and a slide connected with the latter mechanism,and adapted to a clock mechanism and its operating weight, 3

be engaged by said weight so as to again connect said coin-releasedmechanism with said lever, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In a coin-controlled apparatus, thecombination with a main windingshaft,clock mechanism audits operating weight, of a coin-- actuatedlever, mechanism adapted to be released by said lever to permit theshaft'to be wound, a slide connected with the latter mecha pawl forengaging the movable pinion, and mechanism actuated by said weight forthrowing said pawl and pinion out of substantiallyas set forth.

7. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination with a mainwinding-shaft, a coinactuatedlever, mechanism adapted to be releasedby'the said lever to permit said shaft to be wound, an endless band forcarrying pictures, its supporting wheels, stop-pins n.

one of the said wheels, and a catch actuated by clock mechanism forengaging. said pins and controlling the movement of the band,substantially as described. 1 a 8. In a coin-controlled apparatus, thecombination with a main winding-shafaa coin- 5 actuated lever, mechanismreleasedhhy the I trip-pin for releasing the catch from engagement saidleverto permit said shaft to he wound, an endless band for carryingpictures,its sup- .porting wheels, stop-pins on one of the said iwheels,of clock mechanism having a wheel provided with a trip-pin anda catchprovided I: with a triggeradapted to be engaged by said. said stop pins,substantially as described. I 9. In a coin-controlled apparatus, thecom- ;bination with a main windingshaft, a coin-. jactuated lever,mechanism released by the Esaid lever to permit said shaft to be wound,

; an endless band for carrying pictures, its sup porting wheel,stop-pins on one of the said wheels, of clock mechanism, a catchactuated iby the latter for engaging said pins and con- 1 trolling theforward movement of the band, ,and a detentfor engaging said pins topre- 3 vent backward movement of the band, sub- Zstantially as setforth. v k M I .t

; In acoin-controlled apparatus, the comfbination with a mainwinding-shaft, a coinactuated lever, mechanism adapted to be re- ;leasedby the saidilever to permit said shaft, %to be wound, an endless" bandfor carrying I pictures, and provided with a lug, of a shaft 1 providedwith'a catch and an arm, and a de- 5 vice for engaging said arm soas tothrow the catch in contact with said lug, substantially:

; as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this ispecification in the presenceoftwo subscribf ing witnesses.

Witnesses: it

' FRED O. EARLE,

LILLIAN D. KELsEY.

WILLIAM ann vns." f

